Polyglot Dictionary

elbow grease

/ˈɛlboʊ griːs/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. esfuerzo físico

    • This floor just needs some elbow grease.

      Este piso solo necesita un poco de esfuerzo físico.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

exertion

Elbow grease is an informal idiom for hard physical effort; exertion is the plain literal word for the same thing.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa elbow grease?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: This floor just needs some elbow ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a elbow grease?

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